Belt fastener



April 22 1924.

1,490,968 w. ELSN ER BELT FASTENER Filed Aim. 17. 1922 Patented Apr. 22,1924. I i V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- I WILLIAM ELSNI; F LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND.

I BELT FASTENER.

Application filed August 17, 1922. Scrial No. 582,444.

To all whom it may concem: arranged at equal distances apart and hav- Beit known that I, WILLIAM ELsNnn, mg a depth suflicient to produce teethwhich a citizen of the Swiss Confederation, remay grip the ends 8, 9 ofthe belt without siding at Lausanne, Switzerland, have inpassing throughthem or damaging it. 5 vented certain new and useful Improve- The saidmembers are reversely curved, ar-

ments in Belt Fasteners, of which the folranged with their concave sidesopposed to lowing is a full, clear, and exact descripe each other andone of said members is of tion. greater width than the other as shown. kThe present invention relates to a new The members 3, 4:, 5, 6 are at adistance and improved belt fastener. apart equal to the thickness of thebelt 8,

The main object of the invention is to 9, and the breadth of the members4, 3 corprovide a belt fastener which will grip or responds with thebreadth of the belt. The hold the ends of a belt to be connected claws1, 2 are set at an angle with reference without making holes or slotsetc. therein to each other, and the ends 8, 9 of the belt 15 or damagingand weakening the belt otherare bent off as shown in Fig. 1 in dottedwise. lines to be introduced between the members Another object oftheinvention is the 3, 4,5, 6. If the belt running over pulleys provisionof a belt fastener which allows a is under stress the teeth of the claws1, 2 are ready connection and disconnection of the pressed on to thebelt and prevent the slipends of the belt. ping-off of the ends 9, fromthe claws 1, 2. With these and other objects in view the I The claws l,2 may be easily disconnected invention consists in the device set forthfrom the belts i8, 9 assoon as the same is in the accompanying claim.taken off the pulleys. I Reference should be had to the accom- The beltfastener may be used for leather panying drawings, in which belts.cotton and rubber belts etc.

Fig. 1 is a side view of the belt fastener, What I wish to secure by U.S. patent the ends of the belt being shown in dotted is: lines. A beltfastener comprising two claws 5 Fig. 2 is a plan view of the beltfastener rigidly fixed to each other and standing at, seen from below. 2v an angle to each other, each claw compris- The belt fastener comprisestwo claws 1, ing two members of different length re- 2 rigidly connectedwith each other and versely curved, arranged with their concave formingone piece. Eachclaw 1 and 2 comsides opposed to each other and one ofsaid 7 M prises two fiat members 3, l and 5, 6 respecmembers overhangingthe other said memtively. The members 4:, 6 are shorter than here beingprovided with teeth.

the members 3, 5 the outer edges of the In witness whereof I affix mysignature. members 3, i, 5, 6 are provided with notches WILLIAM ELSNER.

